Me too Freda - adrift that is. And to use a different metaphor, I wondered this morning if maybe it was anchor I was needing rather than compass... The ever-present but often elusive internal anchor rather than external direction, just yet anyway. The latter seems easier to find when the former is in place... Perhaps the chair buoy was trying to tell us something! I love that there's a big smile by your new tree!

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Freda

3/11/2017 03:04:04 pm

An interesting idea that goes with Sheena's 'safe harbour' but I am still too restless somehow...the smile is my glass recycling bag!

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Mary

3/11/2017 12:44:44 pm

I join you and Lotta in feeling somewhat unsettled these days. (Full moon?) Perhaps it is impending retirement--though I am very much looking forward to it--or perhaps it simply one of those ebbtides of life.

As for listening to the radio, I don't do it much. Radio in the US isn't quite what it is in the UK. Generally, I only listen in the car and mostly to music on satellite radio. There are some interesting programs out there (eg. NPR, etc) but generally the programming I like doesn't always coincide with my commuting hours. At home, I tend to live in silence if I am alone.

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Freda

3/11/2017 03:05:36 pm

One of those ebbtides i suspect. I've always said I love empty space and silence - still do!

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Damsonlily

3/11/2017 01:48:25 pm

I envy you the little tree, Freda. It is a winner. I seem to remember it is not too fond of strong winds, so maybe needs a little sheltered nook. It will be beautiful next year!
Would find it very, very hard to live without Radio 4/Radio 4 Extra. So much good listening there. I think it has helped form my opinions, sent me on quests of discovery and entertained me for decades. Conjuring up the pictures in your head, when listening to drama on the radio; there is nothing like it.

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Freda

3/11/2017 03:09:54 pm

We had a robinia Frisia once before and a really hard winter finished it off but I thought I'd risk another try it is so lovely with it's lime green leaves. It seems we are lucky with the quality of our radio in UK - I love Radio 3 best (sanity in a mad world!) with some Radio 4.

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Sheena

4/11/2017 12:39:04 am

Coincidentally I came across this quote from Mark Twain on another blog yesterday.

So throw off the bowlines
Sail away from safe harbour
Catch the trade winds in your sails